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SENTRY FUND, INC.
1800 North Point Drive
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Telephone (715) 346-6000
March 3, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Sentry Fund, Inc.
File No. 2-34038
On behalf of Sentry Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), in lieu of filing the Fund's
current Statement of Additional Information pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), notice is hereby
provided in accordance with Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act that the
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c)
would not have differed from the Statement of Additional Information contained
in the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement
(Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Fund's Registration Statement filed on
Form N-1A) which was filed electronically on or about February 28, 2000.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me directly at
(715)346-6373.
Very truly yours,
s/ Sue Brock
Sue Brock
Legal/Corporate Specialist
